Unfortunatly during the export of our video the compression has made the sound out of synch with the images and YouTube has decided to screen the film in 4:3 when it was shot 16:9 as per film industry conventions.
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Film Review
Here is my finished film review and I did this on Photoshop. As the writing is too small, here is my review in writing.
The first word that I thought of when I saw the title of this short film was ‘predictable’. The name ‘Karma’ was clear that the message would be along the lines of what goes around comes around, and was curious as to how they would be able to not show this in armature way. But after studying the four and a half minute short film, directed by the fresh upcoming director Emily Downer, it was clear to me that her complex innovative spin on the simple form of bullying was a new light that shone on me. But was this purely a one off chance or is this actually the formation of a great director in the making?
Parading around the school like she’s the queen, Lucieanne is the school bully. But when she is faced up to her demons down the torturous alley, she isn’t the big guy then. Looking into her home life is an indication as to why she may behave this way around school.
However, this normally delicate subject that is clearly evident in every childhood school, now and way back, was attacked right on the head in this short film. The great set design, the average acting skills of newly starting Bryony Seletes and the fine narrative along with the social realism aspect of the overall feel of the film jumped out when you watched the film. I felt however this could have been improved a little in these areas.
It was unusual to see how the director used the alley way as the main subject when in the film. As the main character walks up the hill it is clear that she is terrified about that hill, and the way the music was ingeniously placed over the visual images was nothing short of genius. Although the audience could not see what was happening, this made it obvious to the audience that there was something bothering her.
After watching the main character’s (Lucieanne) behaviour, it is obvious that she is a troubled girl. Twisting plot lines was evident in this short film; you get a glimpse of the home life of a person that is a cruel bully, which is rare to get caught on camera in such an emotional effective way. But why don’t you get to see what happens to her in the end? Is this a lack of effort and care on the director’s part? Is this simply a cliff-hanger that makes you want to watch more? Or is this an actual mistake? That I don’t know, but this aspect was a shock to me.
Although I felt that there was much to praise about this film, there was a few aspects that I just cannot get off my mind. While it was nice to find a female playing the main role of a bully which is uncommon, the fact that the message I gained from this short film was entirely negative. I felt that by showing how her home life was, it was a way of making an excuse for her behaviour, and this is not right.
I felt overall that this was a technically good short film, but that was all it was, good. I do recommend this short film, as it was a miscellaneous style film through the content, the acting and the dialogue. But this film was the type of short film you will love it while you watch it, and after a week or two will forget it.
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